paunches

As the country is barren and unfertile, so are they rude, and of no capacity to culture the same to any perfection; but are contented by their hunting, fishing, and fowling, with raw flesh and warm blood, to satisfy their greedy paunches, which is their only glory.

The North-West Passage 2003

As the country is barren and unfertile, so are they rude, and of no capacity to culture the same to any perfection; but are contented by their hunting, fishing, and fowling, with raw flesh and warm blood, to satisfy their greedy paunches, which is their only glory.

Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage Richard Hakluyt 1584

"paunches" showed where deer had been killed and carried off.

A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Wilfred Thomason Grenfell 1902

It's about this time of year we get together for some wistful bonhomie as we slyly check out each other's bald spots and paunches.

The Gertrude Stein Look-Alike Contest Con Chapman 2011

They have both had their collective paunches up against the public trough since puberty as far as I can tell.

Fish and Fritz -- finally, somebody down there gets it (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

But male rabbis get by just fine with their paunches and shlumpy clothing – only the heaviest and shlumpiest suffer for their looks.

Shabbat Surfing– Rabbis on the Runway? « The Blog at 16th and Q 2008

Cancer jostled elbows with acromegaly, obesity with edema, arthritis with alcoholism, bad livers sent curses to bronchiacs, and quivering jowls beamed bad cess to puffed out paunches.

Commonplace: Convention Edition 2008

Cancer jostled elbows with acromegaly, obesity with edema, arthritis with alcoholism, bad livers sent curses to bronchiacs, and quivering jowls beamed bad cess to puffed out paunches.

A Different Stripe: 2008

They look like pickup photography, and we always sort of wonder how these ersatz “families” feel about being used in a news graphic like this, though those television shots of people's paunches walking down Broadway to accompany pieces about obesity in New York are obviously worse.

Wood War! Who Wins Today's Grabby Tabloid Battle For Your Eyeballs? 2009

The men who occupy it are resplendently dressed with the finest in Savile Row tailoring and sport substantial paunches, indicative of the fact that they are not forced to beg for additional amounts of porridge in the manner of young Oliver Twist.

Should Hedge Fund $11.6 Billion Profits be Taxed 90 Percent? 2009